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1 octobre 2012 1 01 /10 /octobre /2012 07:20

Editorial: The Veil Slowly Lifts on North Korea's Nuclear Program
28 September 2012 By Axel Berkofsky for the ISN - PacificSentinel Recent satellite images suggest that North Korea is modernizing its nuclear facilities. This not only suggests that its determination to acquire nuclear weapons is now irreversible, it...
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1 octobre 2012 1 01 /10 /octobre /2012 07:20

Mexico requests C-130J-30 aircraft from US
27 September 2012 - airforce-technology.com The US Defense Security Cooperation Agency (DSCA) has notified Congress of a potential foreign military sale (FMS) of two C-130J-30 Hercules aircraft to Mexico. Under the estimated $412m FMS programme, Mexico...
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1 octobre 2012 1 01 /10 /octobre /2012 07:15

Stavridis: Cooperation Key in Tackling Piracy Threat
September 28, 2012 Donna Miles / American Forces Press Service – defpro.com WASHINGTON | Hoping to build on successes over the past year in combating piracy, the top U.S. commander in Europe and other key stakeholders in the fight gathered in London this...
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1 octobre 2012 1 01 /10 /octobre /2012 07:15

Malyshev Plant to Produce Tanks for Thailand by Year End
T-84 Oplot Main Battle Tank (photo : Militaryphotos) 26.09.20112 DEFENSE STUDIES KYIV/UKRINFORM/. The Kharkiv-based Malyshev Plant announced plans to produce by the end of the year the first batch of five Oplot tanks for the Thai Army. Overall, under...
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1 octobre 2012 1 01 /10 /octobre /2012 07:10

China Stalls American Weapons For Taiwan
September 28, 2012: Strategy Page The U.S. has agreed to ship back Pac 2 Patriot anti-aircraft missiles Taiwan sent to the United States for upgrades in 2008. These were to have been sent back in 2009 but were delayed for three years by, well, no one...
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1 octobre 2012 1 01 /10 /octobre /2012 07:10

Vietnam to Improve Russian Helicopter Equipped with U.S. Rocket
Mi-24 of the Vietnam People's Air Force (photo : toquoctrongtoi) 27.09.2012 DEFENSE STUDIES (ĐVO) The improvement in order to meet the requirements for helicopters Mi-24 weapons crackdown on the remnants of the Khmer Rouge in Cambodia, Mi-24 attack helicopter...
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1 octobre 2012 1 01 /10 /octobre /2012 07:05

Swedish Investments in the Indian Defence Industry: Prospects and challenges
Sept. 28, 2012 defense-aerospace.com (Source: Institute for Defence Studies and Analyses; issued Sept. 28, 2012) In end August 2012, the Swedish defence and security company Saab Technology signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) with the Indian private-sector...
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1 octobre 2012 1 01 /10 /octobre /2012 07:05

DoD Withholds Pay From Contractors
Sep. 30, 2012 By SARAH CHACKO Defense News Move Aims To Encourage Fixes To Faulty Business Systems For the past year, the Pentagon has withheld at least $42 million in payments from contractors. The step is aimed at pushing contractors to quickly fix...
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1 octobre 2012 1 01 /10 /octobre /2012 07:05

Australia’s Quickstep wins $12m C-130J wing flap order
28 Sep 2012 By Greg Waldron – FG Singapore - Australian composites maker Quickstep has received a $12 million purchase order from Lockheed Martin to produce wing flaps for 24 C-130J Hercules aircraft. Deliveries are set to commence in late 2013 with the...
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1 octobre 2012 1 01 /10 /octobre /2012 07:05

Yemen to Get UAVs From the US
September 27, 2012 by defensetech Amid a series of controversial U.S. air strikes against high-level Al-Qaeda officials in the Arabian Peninsula, and renewed military cooperation with Yemen, officials in Sanaa are now expecting to get a supply of weaponry...
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1 octobre 2012 1 01 /10 /octobre /2012 07:00

Army in New Bid to Get its Airship Flying - Thailand
The airship has been unable to fly since its delivery about two years ago. (photo : chorcharsinging) 28.09.2012 DEFENSE STUDIES The army has agreed to pay 50 million baht more to an American airship producer to make its 350-million-baht airship fly for...
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30 septembre 2012 7 30 /09 /septembre /2012 23:00

Royal Danish Air Force orders VSI’s night vision systems
A Royal Danish Air Force's F-16 MLU aircraft being displayed at 2005 Radom Air Show. Photo: courtesy of Przemyslaw BlueshadeIdzkiewicz. 28 September 2012 airforce-technology.com Vision Systems International (VSI) has been awarded a contract to supply...
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30 septembre 2012 7 30 /09 /septembre /2012 22:47

Fusion: EADS/BAE tentent de dissuader l'Allemagne d'entrer au capital
30.09.12 20minutes.fr (AFP) EADS et BAE Systems, les deux géants européens de l'aéronautique et la défense qui tentent de fusionner, ont souligné dimanche que les intérêts de l'Allemagne seront préservés sans que le pays ait besoin d'entrer au capital...
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30 septembre 2012 7 30 /09 /septembre /2012 22:41

Op-Ed by Ian King, Chief Executive BAE Systems and Tom Enders, Chief Executive EADS
30 September 2012 baesystems.com Please find below an Op-Ed by Ian King, Chief Executive BAE Systems and Tom Enders, Chief Executive EADS which has been published by the Financial Times, Die Süddeutsche Zeitung and Le Monde. It is more than two weeks...
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30 septembre 2012 7 30 /09 /septembre /2012 21:20

Fusion EADS/BAE : "Une occasion à saisir et non une nécessité", par Ian King et Tom Enders
30.09.2012 Par Ian King, président exécutif de BAE Systems et Tom Enders, président exécutif d'EADS - Le Monde.fr Plus de deux semaines se sont écoulées depuis l'annonce de l'éventuel rapprochement entre BAE Systems et EADS, qui aboutirait à la création...
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30 septembre 2012 7 30 /09 /septembre /2012 20:28

Will Exit Clause Doom ‘Super’ Gripen?
Sep. 30, 2012 By GERARD O’DWYER - Defense News STOCKHOLM — A pending deal for Sweden and Switzerland to acquire Gripen-NG fighters is on shaky ground after Sweden said that if Switzerland pulls out of the deal — and no other international partner can...
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30 septembre 2012 7 30 /09 /septembre /2012 20:21

Brazil To Delay Jet Decision Until 2013, No Favorite
Sep. 30, 2012 Defense News (AFP) RIO DE JANEIRO — Brazil will postpone until next year a decision on a multi-billion-dollar contract to buy 36 next-generation fighter and there is currently no favorite, a government source said Friday. “The government...
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30 septembre 2012 7 30 /09 /septembre /2012 20:18

Iraq To Stop Iran Flights Over Suspicions Of Syria Arms
Sep. 30, 2012 Defense News (AFP) DUBAI — Iraq is determined to stop and search flights from Iran over its territory which are suspected of carrying weapons to Syria, Foreign Minister Hoshyar Zebari said in comments reported on Sept 30. “We have assured...
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30 septembre 2012 7 30 /09 /septembre /2012 20:00

Fusion EADS-BAE: Berlin a formalisé ses exigences
2012-09-30 Arab F/Z. - lemaghrebdz.com Le gouvernement allemand a formalisé ses exigences dans le cadre du projet de fusion entre EADS et BAE Systems, demandant avant tout que l'équilibre franco-allemand soit respecté dans le nouvel ensemble, écrivait...
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30 septembre 2012 7 30 /09 /septembre /2012 19:58

L'armée mise au régime
29.09.2012 FTVi / Loïc de La Mornais et Matthias Second BUDGET - L'armée n'est pas épargnée par les restrictions budgétaires. Elle est même la plus sollicitée par le gouvernement qui a dévoilé vendredi 28 septembre sont son projet de loi de finances pour...
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30 septembre 2012 7 30 /09 /septembre /2012 19:57

Selon le secrétaire américain à la Défense Leon Panetta: La Syrie a déplacé des armes chimiques pour les sécuriser
2012-09-30 Nawal.Z - lemaghrebdz.com Le gouvernement syrien a déplacé des armes chimiques pour les sécuriser alors qu'il est en guerre contre les rebelles, a rapporté, avant-hier, le secrétaire américain à la Défense Leon Panetta. Nous avons des informations...
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30 septembre 2012 7 30 /09 /septembre /2012 19:52

Les services secrets suisses se font voler des millions de données
30/09/2012 Le Point.fr Le Service de renseignement de la Confédération (SRC) reconnaît qu'un employé a dérobé des informations à la "valeur marchande considérable". Mercredi soir, dans un très bref communiqué, le département fédéral (ministère) de la...
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30 septembre 2012 7 30 /09 /septembre /2012 19:15

Simmering Somali Situations
September 30, 2012: Strategy Page So far the power transition following the death of Ethiopian leader Meles Zenawi has gone smoothly. Acting Prime Minister Hailemariam Desalegn became prime minister on September 15. He also assumed leadership of the governing...
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30 septembre 2012 7 30 /09 /septembre /2012 19:14

Pity The Poor Insurance Companies
September 30, 2012: Strategy Page A sharp (60 percent) decline in pirate attacks off Somalia has led to a similar decline in insurance rates. Shipping companies have found that posting armed guards on ships moving near Somalia is cheaper than paying higher...
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30 septembre 2012 7 30 /09 /septembre /2012 19:11

Tracking The Tiny Terrors
September 30, 2012: Strategy Page The U.S. Air Force is spending nearly $4 billion to build a S-Band radar on Kwajalein Island in the Pacific. This will make it easier and cheaper to find and track small (down to 10mm/.4 inch) objects in orbit around...
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